B's in Junior year!! How will this hurt my chances?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I have been getting all A's until my Junior year, and I'm so worried that this is going to hurt my application A LOT! I took all IB and AP classes last year and worked really hard for every single class, but in combination with my adrenal fatigue and my little cousins visiting us for a whole year with their super loud playing in our tiny house, I could not keep my grades up and got 3 B+'s out of 7 classes...I am so devasted because junior year is the year colleges look at the most and they want consistancy in grades...what should I do? I reall really REALLY want to go to Wellesley but now I'm not sure if I will get in because of this.
Please read my stats and tell me if I still have a chance...thanks so much
GPA: 3.86 unweighted
Rank:top 5% out of 722
SATI: 2070 w/ M:710, CR:680, W:680
SATII: Math 680, BIO 710</p>

<p>taking IB and AP courses
IBs taken: Eng I,II,III, BIO I,II, Hist of Americas, Spanish I,II,III,IV,
APs taken: Euro, Calc AB, Macro Econ, 2D Art, American Gov't, Eng Lit</p>

<p>Will be taking: IB chem, AP span Lit, IB contemporary hist, IB psych, testing for AP Psych, IB eng IV, IB Math studies, IB Theory of Knowledge</p>

<p>EC:
-FIRST Robotics (4yrs) with communications secretary and team artists positions.
-founder and President of Florida organization One World One Life that raise money for children in poverty
-founder and president of club in my HS under the same name and lead over 30 members in and out of school
-Relay for Life captain 2010
-Mission Education chair in Orlando for American Cancer Society Relay for Life 2010-11
-participated in University of Central Florida Oyster Reef restoration
-Co-created a calender for Wildlife Animal Haven for funraising
-Haiti Relief Volunteer
-Volunteer at Food bank and Homeless shelter
-Volunteer for Florida Hostpital
-Tennis</p>

<p>Honors:
-Named in the Cambridge Who's Who Executive Catalog
-2008 and 2009 Inspire Award in Florida Regional FTC Robotics
-2010 Robotics Chairmans Award
-MC for the Florida Robotics Regional FRC VIP presentation and Lucheon
-Artwork selected for the United Nations "Peace" art show
-National High School Scholars Honors Society
-National Honors Society (incl NH Spanish, Science, Social Studies)</p>

<p>In my essay I wrote about how I taught myself english before I came to America</p>

<p>extra info (might or might not help in overall application, in essay maybe haha):
first generation immigrant (came to the US at 14)
neither of my parents speak English so I assume all family responsibilities (bills, insurance papers, etc)</p>

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<p>I think you should be fine just keep working hard. What schools are planning on applying too?</p>

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<p>My top choice is Wellesley (ED)
and then I’m also applying to UChicago, UMiami, George Washington, American, UFlorida, Agnes Scott, and Bryn Mawr.
I really want to go to Wellesley though hahaha it’s my ultimate dream school</p>

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<p>“B”'s never help when your working for A’s, but welcome to being human… Your in the middle of the stats that Wellesley looks for and they consider “Character” to be very important. Being a FG won’t help much. Don’t blame anything on your cousins or anyone else. Don’t mention National High School Scholars Honors Society on applications (not impressive). Good luck and keep your options open because at this level it’s always a roll of the dice… Don’t forget to figure out $$$…</p>

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<p>ncmentor, sorry if it came out as if I was blaming on my cousins, I love them, but I was just trying to explain my situation~
but thanks for your advice!</p>

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<p>^ no need to apologize… Cousins (and all family) can be a two way street. I just wanted to remind you to not use excuses on your application. You don’t need them… </p>

<p>Always remember that _________ (insert name of school here) is just a school…</p>

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<p>ncmentor, thanks for the advice, haha yeah I wouldn’t put that on my app, the mentioning of the situation is only CC exclusive :)</p>